i could see where this was going

by Eugene Lemcio

As was the case back then (and still may be),our teacher had been given no small task:“Instruct the rudiments of gym and health.”Selecting me was natural that fateful day:a fourth grade boy first made aware of girls—and dinosaurs.The blood, unsummoned, rushed to neck and cheeks.I might have made a sideways glance,perhaps had bowed my head a bit.

“Are humans plants or animals?”Those deep-set eyes met mineand chanced that I would be the oneto show to all the worldwith my exploding heartthat I had kept the Faith,that I had saved my never-dying soul.

Eugene Lemcio, Emeritus Professor of New Testament at Seattle Pacific University, taught there for thirty-six years. He earned an M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary and a doctorate from Cambridge University (Trinity College). Gene began his academic career at Houghton College with a B.S. in zoology (and a minor in chemistry)..